I next met him in 1974 as his friend and defence counsel when he was first arrested for unlawful assembly (the mammoth Baling Demonstration involving hundreds of university students) and later charged under the ISA.
Lean and with a gaunt face, the un-pretentious and affable celebrated student leader struck me as one humble and modest and down-to-earth individual – a portrait of one among equals. I first met Anwar 40 years ago at Malaysia Hall in London. Inside the courthouse, they are like slaves thrown into the lions’ arena of the ancient Roman Coliseum, with prosecutors enjoying control of the Court albeit using dubious charges. Outside, their lives hinge on the barrel of a gun. Social and political reformers are never safe inside or outside the courthouse. Anwar was incarcerated in Kamunting in 1974 and later imprisoned in Sungai Buloh for more than six years. Abdul Kadir Audah and Hassan Al Banna of Egypt were hanged and shot in the street respectively under Gamal Abdul Nasser’s regime. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X of the United States were both shot in public. The revered Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi, was shot at point blank range. To give a few examples: Benigno Aquino (Ninoy) of the Philippines was shot on the tarmac of Manila Airport as soon as he embarked from self exile in the US. Tel: 04-658 5251 email: Īnwar is a reformist and reformists everywhere seem to share the same fate.
ABIM CORRUPTION TIME FREE
Sign up for Aliran's free daily email updates or weekly newsletters or both.The general public welcomed the development describing it as great being the first of its kind in a district where officials are accused of rampant corruption.Support the struggle to build a Malaysia based on Justice, Freedom, Solidarity: “I’m remanding you to Amita government prisons and you will appear before the anti-corruption court,” the magistrate informed Mr. In court, the suspect was not allowed to enter any plea as the court does not have the jurisdiction to hear such cases. Menya was released on Police bond after spending three days in their cells but he was rearrested this morning after Police getting information that he was planning to jump the bond. Samuel Mpimbaza Hashaka and his deputy Ms Proscovia Acham after the Sub County Chief wrote a letter to the Chief Administrative Officer, copied to the office of the RDC explaining how Mr. Menya was arrested by the Police on orders of the Resident District Commissioner Mr.
David Menya to Amita government prisons after the state alleged that the suspect embezzled UGX21m which was revenue collected from markets in Lotuke Sub County. Police in Kotido district have arrested Senior Accounts Assistant of Lotuke Sub County over corruption (PHOTO/File)ĪBIM – Grade II magistrate court in Kotido District has Friday, October 18, remanded the Senior Accounts Assistant of Lotuke Sub County on allegations of corruption and abuse of office.
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